Задание № 1 Лексика темы (работа с карточками)

Задание № 1

Лексика темы (работа с карточками)

Literature Culture Age, century Writer, author Genres: romance, detective story, biography (autobiography), history book, adventure story, fantasy, fairy tale, science fiction, horror story, poetry character plot book Film play events Description To describe To create Imagination Story To be set in Exciting, interesting, thrilling, depressing, scaring, boring, intriguing, brilliant

Задание № 2

Как называлась культурная эпоха XIX века в Англии? How is the age of 19 century was called in England? Каких выдающихся писателей этой эпохи вы знаете? What outstanding writers of this age do you know? Что вы знаете об этих писателях? What do you know about them? Какие произведения английской литературы 19 века вам известны? What English literature of 19 century do you know? Какие из них вы читали? Which books have you read? Экранизации и театральные постановки каких произведений вы видели? Screen and play versions of what books have you seen? Какие из них вам особенно запомнились? Which was impressed you much? К каким жанрам вы можете их отнести? What genres do they belong to?

Задание № 3

Биографии английских писателей (English writer’s biographies)

Прочитать биографии писателей. Определить структуру биографии. В каком грамматическом времени они написаны? Выписать глаголы в Past Simple. Выписать новую лексику по теме.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) is a Scottish writer, physician and spiritualist best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories.

He was born in Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. At school he developed a talent for story telling in the dormitories after lights. He nursed ambitions to become a well-established writer – especially in the historical novel field. However, from 1876 to 1881, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh; he trained as a doctor and later set up a medical practice in Plymouth and later Portsmouth.

After his father’s death, the burden of supporting a large family fell on Arthur Conan Doyle. To supplement his income he began writing short stories. It was in these early stories that he developed the character of Sherlock Holmes. It was a character that fascinated the reading public and he soon became one of the best loved fictional characters. Sherlock Holmes always had an element of mystery – the sharpest mind and his unbelievable powers of observation.

The success of Sherlock Holmes enabled Conan Doyle to retire from his medical profession and become a full-time writer. But, it was not the popular Sherlock Holmes stories which inspired him the most. He was more interested in writing a serious historical novel and becoming known as a famous writer in this genre. However, his historical novels never brought him the same financial remuneration or fame as his Sherlock Holmes stories did.

Emily Bronte (July 30, 1818 — December 19, 1848) is a poet and novelist; famous for Emily Bronte was born 30 July 1818 in Thornton, Near Bradford in Yorkshire.

She was the fifth of six children, including Anne and Charlotte Bronte, who both became writers as well.

When Emily was six years old, the Bronte family moved to the village of Haworth, a village nestled in the windswept moors of West Yorkshire, which later inspired many of her writings: her classic novel Wuthering Heights.

Shortly after moving to Howarth, Emily’s mother passed away. The girls were then sent to the Clergy Daughters’ school at Cowen Bridge. In the aftermath of her mother’s passing, this was a traumatic experience as the sisters found the school harsh and unsympathetic. This school experience was incorporated into Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.

In 1847, she published her only novel Wuthering Heights. Based on the windswept moors of Haworth, it is a powerful tale of love, hate, sorrow and death; it later became a classic of English literature. In 1850, her sister Charlotte republished the book under Emily’s real name.

Frail throughout her life, Emily fell seriously sick in the autumn of 1848. Shortly after her brother’s funeral she caught a serious cold, and refusing medical help, she died on 19 December 1848.

Her writings have been included in the broad period of romanticism. They range from stark reminders of the harshness of life, to the potential beauty and power of love and a mystical power of nature.

Задание № 4

Описание сюжета книги (истории). Describing a story.

План

Where and when did the story take place? Где и когда произошла история? Who was involved? Кто был вовлечен в историю? What was the main event in the story? Какое главное событие истории? How did the writer begin and end the story? Как писатель начинает и заканчивает историю? Can you think of different ending? Возможны ли другие концовки истории? Did you like the story? Понравилась ли вам история? What feelings, emotions did you have? Какие чувства вы испытали?